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RESIL IENT GUARD FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed May 4, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2FIE-.6-

. Patented 0&9, 1923.

WILLIAM G. cox,oF CLEVELAND, onro, assrenon, BY ESNE essreimnnrs, To'rHnEATON AXLE onto. V RESILIENT Application filed May 4,

To all wlzoml it may concern: Y

7 7 Be it known that I,' WILLIAM (in-Cox, a

.citizenof the United States; residing at Clevelanchin the county ofGuyahoga and State ot' ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in; Resilient H Guards for Automobiles,of which the following-is a-spec'ificat'ionf Y My aim is to provide a resili'ent'endguard tor motor vehicles,zand particularly an end.

guard suitable for, and 1 capable of, adequately safeguarding relativelyheavy and large automobiles. [Thus the guard is con structed 'with astriking and tending surface ofsubstantia-l size, which is built up oftwo relatively long metal strips, a pair of elliptical supporting unitshaving spring arms coextensive with the end portions of the strips, anda central short connecting strip.- Suitable clamping devices unitethesaid-parts together, and "the complete guard as viewed from the'frontappears to be made of three parallelrail's orstriking members of equallength. The elliptical supporting units arealso especially constructedto per- 'mit convenient attachment to be made with the projecting sidebars of'automobiles in general'use regardless of the 'w'ld'th of thepose, and these supporting units are madeof spring steel strips foldedor doubled in a frame, using-clamping bracket-s of anyqdesired designand construction for-that pur-- way to provide resiliency withsufficient stilt ness and stabillty to carry. the combined 7 weight ofthe parts and to Withstand compa ratively heavy shocks and blows.

. In the accompanying drawings, Figi-l is a perspective view'of myimproved end guard,-'mounted upon the-front end of an automobile; Fig. 2is a horizontal section and top'view-of the'guard' on line 2-2 of Fig.1'. Fig. 3 is a top view or the elliptical supporting units attached tothe:frame by brackets a'nd without the "upper" and lower and-middlerails-orstrips, "Fig. 4 is an en largechpe 's'pectiveView of "a portionO'fone Of the longer rails or strips. Fig. 5 1s a perspective view ofone of the elliptical supporting u nits.- FigLG' is a perspectivejviewof V a portion 9 of'the' middle connecting rail or strip. Fig. Tis'aside elevation of a per v tion of the frame of anautomobxle and a.Clamping members 16 are relatively AND SPRING coMPa nY, or CLEVELAND,01110, A CORPORATION on roe AUTOMOBILES.

1923; Serial N0. 636,533.

verticalcross section of the guardon line 7'? ofEig. 2 onthe line ofattachment with a'clamping bracket. Fig. 8' is aperspective view of oneotthe frontclamping plates for holdin' together I v j The guardcomprises duplicate spring supporting units r A- each madeofa shortpiece otstrapmetal folded upon itself to g and tying the guard membersprovide a closed elliptical loop 2 having a short inwardly-turnedstraight leg 8 and a longer curved arm 4 overlappingthis leg andtorming'a free spring-extension adapted to.

function as is spring tending or striking portion of the guard. Arm 4:may terminate in a round 'eye'5, or rounded and made blunt in any othersuitable way, to" avoid having sharp projecting edges at the end of theguard, and the extremity of straight leg 3 may be bent rearwardly toprovide a short flange or lip 6 wherewith interlocking may be'efiectedwith a, clamping plate 7 and separability or pulling apart of theassociated pieces is prevented. Loop 2 iselliptical or elongatedandformed with a straight rear connecting portion 8 between its roundedends-to permit adjustable clamping at tachinent to be made with anysuitable kind .otijbracket, for example, a straight arm bracket9boltedto the projecting end portions of the side bar-s10 o1" thevehicle"frame substantially as exemplified'in Figs. 3 and 7. to the respectiveside bars of the frame, their respective spring arms' t extend inopposite open, exceptas'may be otherwise closed when a short connectingstripjldofspring theloopsof the-duplicate units A and A. This assemblyof parts is delineated in Figs' 1 mo e, where the leg- 3 in each springunit bears against the rear ot the straight basehen two such springunits are attached ,met'al is seated and clamped atthe front of "portion'15 of spring arm land the end of connectin stri') let lies flat a ainstthe front g l r.

:tace of said arm ortion'15', and'these parts imping member '100. Irigidly clamped together by a front" 16,91- rear clamping plate andnarrow and formed with rearwardly-- extending flanges 19- 19 at top andbottom and alsowith a transverse groove 20 at the rear centrally betweensaid flanges. Square bolt openings 21 are also provided adjacent I theupper and lower shoulders of groove it l eunits to also permit otherfending strips railsto be clamped in rigidiparallel posi tion above andbelow the: supporting units.

. A :Aji and( the middle. connecting strip ll 7 4 of the supportingunits when assembled I p ooinprising parallel fender strips of springand these additional rails or strips 22 and 23 res )ectively, areaffixed length and relatively. as long. as the combined'length ofmiddlejstrip ll. and; the twoisprin'g arms and clamped together. "Theupper and lower.fender stripsmay rest upon or bear 7supporting-loops:rearwardly of said fender against. thefshanks of bolts17, therebybeing spaced apart fparallelly. their-full length 'irqm.'themiddle strip and spring arms-.4,

' andthe opposite ends of rear clamping plate 71,112.34 be bentforwardly. to permit spring clamping-engagement-to be made with the rearfacesof; the upperand lower rails or stripsIQQand 23, res pectively, seeFig. '7. The middle connecting strip .14 may be omittedproViding'the-upper and lower fenderirails are clamped to' thesupporting units to connect them rigidly together and spitabla; flatfiller. pieces are seated in grooves oi? clamping members 18,- but asubstantially closed? impact area 2 throughout tl eplength and height,ofthe guard is deemedmore desirable than a guard with an open center inorder .to avoid possible entry or an entanglement with other types ofend guarding devices in general also,

especially singlel bar-bumpers or bufii'ers.

; In the present guard, a 1.-elatively. wide fending faceis obtainedvertically byarrangingthe fending strips iii-triplicate orderehorizontally; and parallelly edge to edge; and aneflectiveicushioning result 1 witl'rfs'tout resistance to -shocks. is effected.

limit-s substantially as shown-in the drawings and set forth herein.

1; A resilient guard for an automobile,

comprising elliptical supporting units hav ing tendingarmsextendinglaterally therefrom, toge t her-. wi-th a mainafendingstrip connected to said units;

2. A resilient g a fd for an automobile,

comprising qduplicate supporting unitsfeach made 01 spring strap metalfolded toform a resilient base loop and a lateral springfending arm,together-with a maia'fe'nding portion connected with suit units.

3'. A resilient guard for. an automobile, comprising end units each made01 strap metal folded into an elongated base loop with alaterally-extending free-flexing arm,

a connecting strip for said end units, and

means uniting said parts together.

v 4 A resilient. guard for an automobilc comprising elliptical springsupporting members having laterallyextending spring arms, and a.plurality of main fender strips 7 connecting saidmeinbers. v A resilientguard for, an automobile,

comprising parallel upper and lower fender strips, supporting loopshaving extended fender portions occupying the space between said fenderstrips, and means unit.

ingsaid parts' together.

6. resilient guard for an automobile,

metal 7 vertically spaced; apart, elongated strips having spring armsinterposed between and co-extensive ith the opposite ends of saidstrips, and clamping devices 11111111I1gsaid: fender strips. and loopstogether.

'7. A resilientv guard for an automobile,

a pair of elliptical supporting members folded to provideoverlappingportions and free-flexing extensions horizontally. interr posedbetweensaidfender strips, amiddlo comprising upper and; lower fender strips,

a. pair of 'resilient supporting loops having f spring arm correspondingto andextending parallelly between the opposite end of said strips-andconnected therewith,-and a siteends with said loops.

9. A resilient guard for an, automobile, comprisinga? pair of resilientsupporting members each made "of flat: strip metal folded into elongatedloop form with overlapping portions extending in opposite 'directions,horizontal fender strips above and.

below said members, and clampingdevices embracing said over-lappingportions and said upper and-lower fender'strips,

10. AZ resilient-guard for an automobile,

comprising. a; pair of resilient"supporting,.

members each made .of.="a; flat; metal strip folded into?ellluptioallloop shape with overlapping 1 p r ns a d i a flexible fenderes tension, a connecting fender stripoverlapping the front of, theoverlapping portions ofiisaid supporting members, and clamping middlefender strip connected. at its oppodevices uniting said overlappingparts free-flexing lateral extension terminating in together. f arounded extremity.

" 11'. A resilient guard for an automobile, In testimony whereof, Iaflix my signa- 1 'comprising a, supporting unit made of :i ture hereto.I V

5 fiat strip of metal folded into elliptical 7 WILLIAM G. COX.

form, having an inner overlapped portion ,VVitness: terminating in anangular lip and an outer DOROTHY" MOSER.

